Chapter 167 - Traitor (2/2)
”What was so urgent you idiot? I don't have time to assassinate him any longer. I am worried about my own life,” said Dharma on the opposite end of the call. He had used a stealth shuttle to get off the pirate vessel after the meeting in Basuli's cabin. He only informed Darak of his departure.
”What was so urgent? The Nirbaadh pirates are gone. The Price and Blyth families attack had very strong results and they are after you,” replied Bismail angrily. He had been trying to contact Dharma for quite some time as he had requested him to assassinate his cousin Enias. Dharma and his team had failed to do it in the past and ever since then, Bismail had been extremely worried that some one might manage to link it to him.
”Yes. That is why I have been running for my life. I don't even know if my brother is alive,” said Dharma in a sombre tone.
”Wait! What do you mean the Blyth and Price families? They were the ones who attacked us?” asked Dharma in surprise. He didn't know who the person was who had attacked them all this time. None of the pirates were aware of this.
”Of course. Else how do you think, I came to know of your situation. They informed us and we are having a celebration in the family due to this. Even declared a public holiday, right now,” said Bismail.
”My brother. Do you know anything of him? Is he alive?”
”All I know is that he had evaded them and escaped. They are after him and wanted us to go after you,” said Bismail.
”My brother escaped!?” exclaimed Dharma in surprise. He found that extremely improbable. The attack of their mysterious opponents had been extremely fierce. They had been very quick in killing his uncle and capturing his brother. He had seen them overwhelm the forces of the pirates very quickly and defeating his brother.
”Are you sure of that?” he asked.
”Yes.”
”Please, check again. The one who attacked us was very fierce, he killed uncle and subdued Rana with relative ease, when his men were dying. He was extremely angry about it, and I doubt they would have let Rana escape after all that effort.”
”I doubt that I would getting any more information from them, but the main point is that they are looking for you specially. They also know your alias as Dave,” said Bismail coming to his point clearly.
”They know of my alias? That would be hard for me,” said Dave worried about this. It was hard enough that he had to hide from the other pirates. He thought that he could get back into the underworld using the contacts he had but that would be a problem currently.
”Yes. You need to be much more careful, but there is one thing that I am confused about. They think Dave and you are two separate persons.”
”Huh?!” exclaimed Dharma and then he realized that the name Dave was also known to the Blyth family through the colonel that his men failed to kill. ”I guess I have an idea why they think so. The Blyths were searching for Dave alias even before the attack,” explained Dharma.
”Anyway. I need a place to hide for now. Can you provide any assistance?” asked Dharma.
”Where are you?”
”Near KX - 42 planet heading towards the HC sector,” replied Dharma.
”Good, the information we have tell you moving towards the KA sector,” said Bismail happy that the information they received from the Blyths is a bit flawed. If he just gave Dharma a way out temporarily, he wouldn't be in any trouble.
”KA sector? Isn't that the direction Darak and others are heading towards?” thought Dharma. He realized that their attackers already had been tracking Basuli's ship and it would not take much time for them to be trapped, even if they hid with the help of their underworld contacts.
”Remember the ex-bounty hunter, Kraven?” he asked Dharma.
”Yes.”
”Will send his details to you in a few minutes. I contacted him once for assassinating Enias. He has a long-standing feud with the current power of Khan family. He would help you,” said Bismail. ”Don't stray close to the Elysium. My life depends on your safety. They will kill me and my family if they know that I cooperated with you.”
”I understand. Don't worry. Once, this subsides, I will surely finish my job. Else, I doubt that I would have a chance in living. Especially that my original path of retreat has been cut off by the Blyths,” said Dharma as he cut off the call.
”I hope that no one, would track his trail,” thought Bismail as he sent Dharma the information about Kraven and also Kraven about the Dharma's situation. He was sure that Kraven would support him as Kraven also had a grudge against Enias who had captured his team and killed them after their last assassination attempt. He only barely escaped due to Bismail's warning.
Dharma was also glad that he had managed to get away from Basuli's ship. There had been too many uncertain factors. Apart from his brother's lieutenants trying to kill him, now he realized that his attackers haven't yet stopped their pursuit. He decided to get to a nearby planet and sell his ship before getting another one and leaving the sector. He realized that he might need to keep changing sh.i.p.s to avoid his attacker's pursuit. So, he made way to KX-42 planet first.